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Diloma samoaense

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Diloma samoaense
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Trochida
Superfamily: Trochoidea
Family: Trochidae
Genus: Diloma
Species:
D. samoaensis
Binomial name
Diloma samoaensis
Schwabe & Barclay, 2003[1]

Diloma samoaensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Trochidae, the top snails.[2]

Description

The size of the shell varies between 8 mm and 11 mm.

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Tutuila, the largest and the main island of American Samoa in the archipelago of Samoan Islands.

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